[WRL] Globe King models

[Charles Ring]

I should have mentioned that the 400 RF deck is very different from the 
500's. A distinctly older design. I got my 500A for $100 at a hamfest in 
1972.


On 4/8/2014 2221, Brian Carling wrote:
> Mine would NEVER stop self oscillating in the finals. Those bloody triodes kept squealing no matter what I tried. I bought the complete rig out of TN barn storage for $100.00 around 1983 or so. Sure wish I had kept it and rebuilt it with a single 4-250A final!
> They sure made a nice modulator, PSU etc.
> You can see why they changed it and went to the 500 series transmitters!
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K
>
>
>
>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Charles Ring <w3nu at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>> I used a 400 at  a club station 45 years ago. The link coupling was so unfamiliar to me.
>>
>>
>>> On 4/8/2014 0650, bcarling at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>>> Charles, I can tell you that the GK 400 I had used a pair of V70D triodes in the RF final.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bry Carling, AF4K
>>>
>>>> On 7 Apr 2014 at 23:57, Charles Ring wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've been long aware of the 500, 500A (like mine), 500B, 500C, the so
>>>> called "500D", and the 400 series but was unclear about the 400
>>>> sub-versions.  Now I found "Ham Equioment Buyer's Guide" by Alton Brand
>>>> WA9MBJ from 1975 which I've had since then but forgot about. Before the
>>>> 500 series I see a Globe King 275, 400, 400B and 400C, plus three Globe
>>>> Champion models that look more like Globe Kings than the later
>>>> Champions. Is there any info available about these variants? Maybe the
>>>> short descriptions in WA9MBJ's guide are the best there is? BAMA has
>>>> manuals for the GK 400, 500,500A,500B and 500C but not the others.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> *Charles Ring W3NU*
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